Here it is everyone, the next chapter of the story. I know that it's taken me a VERY long time to

write it and get it up, but with school and all, I think you can understand :). Thanks to everyone that

has been waiting quietly for this moment....this chapter is for them. So without further blabber and

filler....everyone.....chapter 7.....ENJOY:)!

I do not own Jin and Touya nor yu yu hakusho (shake your bon bon)

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Jin awoke the next morning to the smells wafting in from the kitchen. Kinno was already up

making breakfast and the wind demon couldn't help himself. He threw off the covers of the bed and

headed out of the room, his nose filled with the delicious aromas. The youkai peeked his head inside

the kitchen and, sure enough, his new fox friend was there standing yet again over the wooden stove.

He was dressed in his usual tight fitting shorts with nothing but an apron covering his bare chest.

The apron, however, was bright yellow and dotted with tiny bright green fairies dancing around pink

flowers. His hair was again filled with many braids, but the beads decorating it this time were the

same colors as the fairies he now wore.

Kinno looked so very young standing there and Jin's eyes began to water slightly. He too

had been an orphaned child and he too had been forced into a life of hard work and labor. That was

why he had joined the shinobi. They had offered him shelter and....and a family. But Kinno had no

one. No one in the world. And even though he had been forced to fend for himself at such a young

age, Jin had NEVER been forced to preform the act that only two people who are in love should

share. "What ya makin' there Kinno?"

"Oh! Good morning onji-san!" Kinno said with a smile. "I didn't see you come in. Did

you sleep well?"

"Well enough."

"Wonderful! I made us both some breakfast, I hope you enjoy it onji-san."

"Kinno, ya don't have ta be callin' me that. Ya know my name so why don't ya say it?"

"Gomen onji-sa....I mean.....Jin. It's just that....I've always been told to never address my

customers by name."

"But I'm not bein' a customer."

"Then what are you?"

"A friend."

!@#$%^&*()

Touya stumbled harshly into the main street of Gandara. His head ached terribly and his

stomach felt as though it would dump its contents at any moment, but he knew he had to travel on.

The voice had told him where to find his beloved Jin. But it had come at a most unexpected and

terrible price......

!@#$%^&*()

"I hope that Touya will be alright." Kurama said in a quiet voice.

"He'll be fine. Why must you worry so much?"

"Hiei....you know how much he loves Jin. I am merely afraid he will do anything to see him

again."

"And so what if he does? If he cares as much as you say he does then what does it matter if

he'll do anything?"

"It's just that......don't you think it strange how Jin's wind returned to him like that? Even

with the plants I had given him, it's almost impossible that he heal at all. I just don't trust what's

going on here...."

Hiei looked at his fox a moment. His golden eyes were indeed filled with confusion and

worry, but the fire youkai did not know how to ease his pain. In truth, he as well wanted to know

the secret behind the wind master's recovery, but there seem to be no way of explaining it. Even

when they had saved him from Risho's palace it looked as though the youkai was not going to pull

through, but he had recovered from that as well. "Kurama, if anyone had entered the area I would

have sensed it. There is no way anyone could have...." Hiei's face froze then and his expression

was one of pure realization.

"Hiei?....Hiei what is it?"

"There is no way that someone could have met with him physically......"

!@#$%^&*()

The streets of Gandara were filled with youkai of every race and as Kinno and Jin walked

down them, they found it difficult to even breathe. "Are the roads always filled with this many

buggers?"

"Yes I'm afraid so Jin. Gandara is an incredibly busy place but you get used to it after a

while. Why did you want to come out with me anyway?"

"I...I don't really be knowin' why. I just feel like I should be protectin' ya."

"But shouldn't you be doing what you came here for in the first place?"

"I would be doin' that Kinno....if I could remember what that was. But now...all I want to

do is be with you."

!@#$%^&*()

Touya had managed to find his way into a small ally way out of sight of the other demons

roaming the streets. His entire body ached and he desperately needed to lye down. Every part of

him was trying to off the demons curse, but he knew it was of no use. The voice had promised to

help him find Jin and in return, Touya had offered to give it something of his. After all, wouldn't he

give anything to see his precious wind demon again?

!@#$%^&*()

"I can't believe we didn't think of it before! How could we have missed it?!"

"I don't know, but I don't see why we're going through so much trouble to fix it! It's not

our fault that red headed idiot was taken over by a yami." Kurama looked at his companion as they

ran through the streets. Once they had deduced that a yami had indeed taken over their house guest,

Kurama had insisted that the two go in search of him. Hiei had not been too keen on this plan,

feeling that it was not their business what befell the demon. But Kurama new all too well from

experience what a yami could do. And what Hiei didn't know, was that it was because of a yami

that Kurama's first love Koroune had died.....

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I'm sure that those of you that have been waiting for this chapter are quite happy with it's arrival.

But why does Jin not remember why he came to Gandara? And what if anything is happening to

Touya? Could he be suffering from the same thing that Kurama's first love had suffered from? And

what will happen when the two youkai see each other again? Chapter 8 will be up within the next

week and all of this will be answered. There will also be another question for all of you to answer at

the end of that chapter so keep watching and reviewing!!!!!!!!